Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - embezzle
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(embezzles, embezzling, embezzled) If someone embezzles money that their organization or company has placed in their care, they take it and use it illegally for their own purposes. One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb (~d; embezzling) Etymology: Middle English embesilen, from Anglo-French embesiller to make away with, from en- + besiller to steal, plunder Date: 15th century to appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use ~d thousands of dollars • ~ment noun • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (also absol.) divert (money etc.) fraudulently to one's own use. Derivatives embezzlement n. embezzler n. Etymology: AF embesiler (as EN-(1), OF besillier maltreat, ravage, of unkn. orig.) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- c.1425, from Anglo-Fr. embesiler "to steal," from O.Fr. besillier "destroy, gouge," of unknown origin. Sense of "to dispose of fraudulently" is first recorded 1585. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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